netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server module – NetApp ONTAP CIFS server configuration

Note

This module is part of the netapp.ontap collection (version 21.19.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.ontap.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server.

New in version 2.6.0: of netapp.ontap

Synopsis

  • Creating / deleting and modifying the CIFS server .

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Ansible 2.9

  • Python3 netapp-lib (2018.11.13) or later. Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’

  • netapp-lib 2020.3.12 is strongly recommended as it provides better error reporting for connection issues.

  • A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules support Data ONTAP 9.1 and onward.

  • REST support requires ONTAP 9.6 or later.

  • To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

admin_password

string

Specifies the cifs server admin password.

When used with absent, the account will be deleted if admin_user_name is also provided.

admin_user_name

string

Specifies the cifs server admin username.

When used with absent, the account will be deleted if admin_password is also provided.

cert_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client cert file (.pem).

not supported with python 2.6.

domain

string

The Fully Qualified Domain Name of the Windows Active Directory this CIFS server belongs to.

feature_flags

dictionary

added in 20.5.0 of netapp.ontap

Enable or disable a new feature.

This can be used to enable an experimental feature or disable a new feature that breaks backward compatibility.

Supported keys and values are subject to change without notice. Unknown keys are ignored.

force

boolean

added in 2.7.0 of netapp.ontap

When state is present, if this is set and a machine account with the same name as specified in ‘name’ exists in the Active Directory, it will be overwritten and reused.

When state is absent, if this is set, the local CIFS configuration is deleted regardless of communication errors.

For REST, it requires ontap version 9.11.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

from_name

string

added in 21.19.0 of netapp.ontap

Specifies the existing cifs_server name.

This option is used to rename cifs_server.

Supported only in REST and requires force to be set to True.

Requires ontap version 9.11.0.

if the service is running, it will be stopped to perform the rename action, and automatically restarts.

if the service is stopped, it will be briefly restarted after the rename action, and stopped again.

hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.

http_port

integer

Override the default port (80 or 443) with this port

https

boolean

Enable and disable https.

Ignored when using REST as only https is supported.

Ignored when using SSL certificate authentication as it requires SSL.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

key_filepath

string

added in 20.6.0 of netapp.ontap

path to SSL client key file.

name

aliases: cifs_server_name

string / required

Specifies the cifs_server name.

ontapi

integer

The ontap api version to use

ou

string

added in 2.7.0 of netapp.ontap

The Organizational Unit (OU) within the Windows Active Directory this CIFS server belongs to.

password

aliases: pass

string

Password for the specified user.

service_state

string

CIFS Server Administrative Status.

Choices:

  • stopped

  • started

state

string

Whether the specified cifs_server should exist or not.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

use_rest

string

Whether to use REST or ZAPI.

always – will always use the REST API if the module supports REST. A warning is issued if the module does not support REST. An error is issued if a module option is not supported in REST.

never – will always use ZAPI if the module supports ZAPI. An error may be issued if a REST option is not supported in ZAPI.

auto – will try to use the REST API if the module supports REST and modules options are supported. Reverts to ZAPI otherwise.

Default: “auto”

username

aliases: user

string

This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required.

For more information, please read the documentation https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/nmsdk/9.4/.

Two authentication methods are supported

  1. basic authentication, using username and password,

  2. SSL certificate authentication, using a ssl client cert file, and optionally a private key file.

To use a certificate, the certificate must have been installed in the ONTAP cluster, and cert authentication must have been enabled.

validate_certs

boolean

If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only set to False used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vserver

string / required

The name of the vserver to use.

workgroup

string

The NetBIOS name of the domain or workgroup this CIFS server belongs to.

Notes

Note

  • The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.

Examples

- name: Create cifs_server
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: present
    name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    service_state: stopped
    domain: "{{ id_domain }}"
    admin_user_name: "{{ domain_login }}"
    admin_password: "{{ domain_pwd }}"
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Delete cifs_server
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: absent
    name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    admin_user_name: "{{ domain_login }}"
    admin_password: "{{ domain_pwd }}"
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Start cifs_server
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: present
    name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    service_state: started
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Stop cifs_server
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: present
    name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    service_state: stopped
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

- name: Rename cifs_server - REST
  netapp.ontap.na_ontap_cifs_server:
    state: present
    from_name: data2
    name: cifs
    vserver: svm1
    force: True
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"

Authors

  • NetApp Ansible Team (@carchi8py)